page_title: Eremophila margarethae
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Eremophila margarethae / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Eremophila margarethae growing at Opthalmia Dam near Newman
context_page_description: Eremophila margarethae, commonly known as sandbank poverty bush, is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a low, spreading shrub with grey leaves, flowers a shade of pink or purple, common in central areas of Western Australia.
context_section_description: Eremophila margarethae is a spreading shrub, with branches and leaves covered with fine grey or yellowish branched hairs, usually growing to a height of less than 1.5 m (60 in). The leaves are arranged alternately along the branches and are thick, especially near the edges, linear to lance-shaped, mostly 5–15 mm (0.2–0.6 in) long and 2.5–7 mm (0.1–0.3 in) wide. The leaves develop a coating of resin as they age which often obscures the individual hairs. The mid-rib is prominent on the lower surface and appears as a groove on the upper side.
  
  The flowers are borne singly or in pairs in leaf axils on hairy stalks 3.5–7.5 mm (0.1–0.3 in) long. There are 5 very hairy, blackish-purple, linear to lance-shaped, tapering sepals which are 7.5–13 mm (0.3–0.5 in) long. The petals are 23–29 mm (0.9–1 in) long and are joined at their lower end to form a tube. The petal tube is pale lilac to deep lilac-coloured on the outside and white with lilac or purple spots on the inside. The outer surface of the tube and petal lobes is hairy, the inner surface of the lobes is glabrous and the inside of the tube is filled with woolly hairs. The 4 stamens are fully enclosed in the petal tube. Flowering occurs from April to October and the fruits which follow are oval-shaped with a glabrous, straw-coloured, papery covering and are 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) long.
caption: E. margarethae growing at Opthalmia Dam near Newman
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